Adj Asst Prof Mukesh Shah

About

Adj Asst Prof Mukesh Shah is a Senior Consultant at Women's Anaesthesia, KK Women's and Children's Hospital.

Education and Training

• FAMS (Anaesthesiology) 1998
• Fellowship in Obstetric Analgesia and Anaesthesia, BWH, Harvard, Boston, USA 1997
• MMed Anaes (Singapore) 1991
• MBBS (Malaya) 1983

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

• Senior Consultant, Women’s Anaesthesia, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital 2007-present

Awards

• Patient Safety Award, KKH Mar 2019
• CEO Patient Safety Award, KKH Jan-Mar 2019
• Singapore Health Quality Service Award (Silver) 2017
• Long Service Award (25 years), SingHealth Jan 2017
• CEO recognition for winning best poster award at 17^th ACA, KKH May 2011
• Best poster award, 17^th ASEAN Congress, Manila Feb 2011
• Long Service Award (20 years), SingHealth 2010

Publications

• Tan HS, Tan CW, Sultana R, Shah M, Leong WL, Sng DD, Sia ATH, Sng BL. Peripartum factors associated with sub-acute pain after childbirth: A prospective cohort study. (Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2020 Dec;45(12); 1017-8.
• Ng VV, Shah MK, Oh TT, Ramanathan A, Suhitharan T. Massive Hemoptysis through Endotracheal Tube during Emergency Cesarean Delivery: Case Report and Literature Review. Anesth Analg Case Reports Sept 2017.
• Shah MK. Emergency Caesarean Hysterectomy, a ten year retrospective review in KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore. Singapore Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2016; 47(1): 23-28.
• MK Shah, S Kulkarni, Z Yahaya. Anaesthesia for caesarean section in the morbidly obese parturients – a seven year retrospective audit. Singapore Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2013; 44(1): 15-20.
• M.K. Shah, S. Kulkarni, W. Fun. The analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided modified rectus sheath block compared with wound infiltration in reduction of postoperative morphine consumption in women undergoing open hysterectomy or myomectomy: a randomised trial. Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Critical Care Jul-Dec 2012/Vol 2/Issue 2
• Tan T, Teoh WH, Woo DC, Ocampo CE, Shah MK, Sia ATH. A randomised trial of the analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided transverses abdominis plane block after caesarean delivery under general anaesthesia. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2012; 29(2):88-94.
• MK Shah, S Leo, C Ocampo, CF Yim, S Tagore. Peripartum cardiomyopathy – a case series. Singapore Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2012; 43(1): 1-8.
• Teoh WHL, Shah MK, Sia ATH. Can you compare the views of videolaryngoscopes to the Macintosh laryngoscope? Reply. Anaesthesia 2011, 66(4):316-7.
• Teoh WHL, Shah MK, Sia ATH. Comparison of three videolaryngoscopes: the Pentax Airway Scope, C-Mac, Glidescope vs the Macintosh laryngoscope for tracheal intubation. Anaesthesia 2010; 65(11):1126-32.
• W.H.L. Teoh, M.K. Shah, A.T.H. Sia. Randomised comparison of Pentax AirwayScope and Glidescope for tracheal intubation in patients with normal airway anatomy. Anaesthesia 2009; 64(10):1125-9.
• Teoh WHL, Shah MK, Mah CL Immediate oral feeds after complicated caesarean deliveries: Safety and tolerability in the post partum period. Asean Journal of Anaesthesiology Mar 2009; Vol 10.
• Ithnin F, Shah MK. Tracheal intubating conditions using propofol and remifentanil target-controlled infusions: a comparison of EC50 remifentanil for Glidescope and Macintosh laryngoscope. European Journalof Anaesthesiology Mar 2009.
• B.L. Sng, M. K. Shah. Regional anaesthesia for caesarean section in an ankylosing spondylitis patient with twin pregnancy. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2008; 1-2.
• Teoh WHL, Shah MK, Mah CL Safety and tolerability of early feeding after complicated caesarean delivery. KK Hospital Review June 2008; 11(1):33-36.
• Teoh WHL, Shah MK, Mah CL. A randomised controlled trial on beneficial effects of early feeding post- caesarean delivery under regional anaesthesia. Singapore Med J 2007; 48(2):152-157.
• W Teoh, MK Shah, GV Cheong. Broken needle complicating spinal anesthesia. KK Hospital Review Vol 9 Issue 2, July 2006.
• Y Lim, MK Shah, HM Tan. Evaluation of surgical and anaesthesia response times for crash caesarean sections – an audit of a Singapore hospital. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2005; 34:606-10.
• Teoh WHL, Shah MK, Mah CL Early diet resumption after regional anaesthesia: safety & efficacy issues in the postpartum period. Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine 2004; 29(5) Suppl 2:33.
• M.K. Shah, A.T.H. Sia, J.L. Chong. The effect of the addition of ropivacaine or bupivacaine upon  pruritus induced by intrathecal fentanyl in labour. Anaesthesia 2000; 55(10): 1008-1013. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest March 2001, page 34.
• M. K. Shah, H.M. Tan, K. Wong. Comparison of sevoflurane/nitrous oxide anaesthesia with the conventional intravenous/inhalational technique using BIS monitoring. Anaesthesia 2000; 56(4):302-8.
• MK Shah, HM Tan, K Wong. Comparison of sevoflurane/nitrous oxide anaesthesia with the conventional intravenous/inhalational technique using BIS monitoring. KK Hospital Review, Mar 2000.
• M. K. Shah. Recommendation of regional analgesia for labour by obstetricians in KKH. KK Hospital Review, Sept 1999.
• M. K. Shah. Recommendation of regional anaesthesia for caesarean section by obstetricians in KKH. KK Hospital Review, Mar 1999.
• M K Shah. Acute pain service, KKH, 1995 – a first year’s experience. SMJ Vol 38 Issue 9 Sept 1997.
• M. K. Shah, Y. K. Lim. A case report of tracheal obstruction during oesophagoscopic removal of a foreign body. SMJ Vol 38 Issue 3 March 1997.